Matt Kupferle's Articles

With spring training at last underway around baseball, we’re starting to get some clarity about bullpen situations for fantasy baseball. Now that we’ve had a few days to monitor and seen a few more signings come down the pike, let’s check in on the closer situations around the league and see what might have changed […]

The majority of fantasy baseball leagues use batting average, not on-base percentage, as the main statistical category to measure the effectiveness of hitters in today’s game. But of course, there are leagues that consider things like slugging percentage, OBP plus slugging percentage, or other alternative metrics.  A growing number of leagues (counting Tout Wars and […]

Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]

Welcome to an interactive tool to support Kup’s Closer Corner!   The closer landscape is ever-changing, and quickly. We’ve gone through divisional previews for what we saw in the closer market, and how to accumulate fantasy baseball saves. On a consistent basis, we will update the chart as this plays out. Hopefully, the owners get […]

Unless you have an advanced math degree, baseball is one sport where the proliferation of acronyms and new data can be wholly overwhelming. Just when you get your arms around some of the more straightforward metrics like strikeout rate (K%), a new metric like Pitcher List’s Called+Swinging-Strike Rate (CSW) comes into play. It can be both […]

Every fantasy baseball season, there are players who end up returning a higher fantasy baseball profit (r$) than a player drafted significantly earlier in fantasy baseball drafts. This weekly segment will try to identify players that grade out with a similar profile, range of outcomes and/or projection while having a lower ADP. All of which […]

Each week, we are going to be analyzing each MLB division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think or expect the closer to be, but what if we are desperate for saves? Who is the next person up, and who’s the dark […]

Every fantasy baseball season, there are draft picks made that inevitably don’t return a profit from where they are being selected in drafts. Each draft spot should be looked at as an acquisition cost. Returning a profit with your pick(s) while being able to avoid disastrous picks is crucial to contending. Drafting multiple players with […]

Each week, we are going to be analyzing each MLB division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think or expect the closer to be, but what if we are desperate for saves? Who is the next person up, and who’s the dark […]

It’s the 2022 MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think […]

It’s the 2022 MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think […]

It’s the 2022 MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy enough to find out who we think […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on Yahoo. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should be featured […]

It’s 2022, and that means we’re getting close to another MLB season. Hopefully, Rob Manfred and crew are back and in business soon. Please talk to each other, MLB. Each week, we are going to start this series by analyzing each division’s bullpens – and a deep dive is what we hope for. It’s easy […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on Yahoo. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

Any fantasy baseball player worth his or her chops subscribes to the theory that, in season-long fantasy baseball, there are many elements that contribute to fantasy success. Nailing our drafts is a crucial component of success; the waiver wire and its weekly grind is also a large component of what we do with constructed rosters […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on FanDuel. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on Yahoo. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on FanDuel. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

Each day, we will try to highlight or outline our favorite prop bets of the day over at FTN Network. Take a look at Friday’s picks.   Chris Flexen under 5.5 strikeouts  (-145, FanDuel Sportsbook)  For starters, the Mariners absolutely have to have this game after suffering a body-blow loss last night in the AL […]

Each day, we are going to try and give you a quick preview of the day’s main slate and any interesting betting angles that we spot. Take a look. All betting lines and information are from the FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats are from the last 30 days via FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.     Boston Red Sox at […]

Each day, we will try to highlight or outline our favorite prop bets of the day over at FTN Network. Take a look at Friday’s picks.     Luis Robert to hit a home run (+370, FanDuel Sportsbook) Caveats apply with teams down the stretch, but righties are ones that we have to plug here. […]

Each day, we will try to highlight or outline our favorite prop bets of the day over at FTN Network. Take a look at Thursday’s picks.     Mets-Marlins under 7.5 runs (-115, BetMGM) The under has continued to get pounded when Rich Hill takes the mound. In his 11 starts for the Mets, it […]

Each day, we are going to try and give you a quick preview of today’s main slate and any interesting betting angles that we spot. Take a look. All betting lines and information are from the FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats are from the last 30 days via FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.     Boston Red Sox at Baltimore […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on Yahoo. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

Each day, we are going to try and give you a quick preview of today’s main slate and any interesting betting angles that we spot. Take a look. All betting lines and information are from the FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats are from the last 30 days via FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.     Boston Red Sox at Baltimore […]

Each day, we are going to try and give you a quick preview of today’s main slate and any interesting betting angles that we spot. Take a look. All betting lines and information are from the FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats are from the last 30 days via FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.     Boston Red Sox at Baltimore […]

Each day, we will try to highlight or outline our favorite prop bets of the day over at FTN Network. Take a look at Tuesday’s picks.     Logan Webb over 5.5 strikeouts (-130, BetMGM) The Giants will give the baseball to Logan Webb, and he has been one of baseball’s best arms all season […]

Finding the best anchors for your DFS lineup is the best way to start lineup construction, so each week in this space, I’ll be taking a look at a skill-position breakdown of players who stick out on FanDuel. Whether it’s because of matchup or usage or anything else, these are players who should feature heavily […]

There’s a reason gambling lines list starting pitchers next to the odds and totals for baseball games, and books take games off the board when starting pitchers get scratched. Pitchers dictate the context of the matchup and have a larger impact on each possible individual event (ball, strike, foul ball, ball in play) than any […]

Each day, we are going to try and give you a quick preview of today’s main slate and any interesting betting angles that we spot. Take a look. All betting lines and information are from the FanDuel Sportsbook. All stats are from the last 30 days via FanGraphs unless otherwise noted.     Washington Nationals at Colorado Rockies […]

Each day, we will try to highlight or outline our favorite prop bets of the day over at FTN Network. Take a look at Saturday’s picks.   Mets at Brewers under 7.5 runs  (-115, DraftKings) This matchup just seems too delectable to ignore. Shockingly, in Rich Hill‘s 10 starts as a Met, the under has […]